blade weight

I dont know what blade you have in mind, but most blades that are head heavy are "hollow" in the handle.

Do a search for "beast mod" by der_echte ... That'll sort you out..

Happy blade-demoleshing!

Re-Building the BEAST

https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?ur...8&share_tid=9048&share_fid=30552&share_type=t

No worries.. But!
Maby start off with a less expencive blade.. Id hate for you to hack them up only to find them non hollow.

Pretty sure they both have a hollow space.


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I will bet my last pizza for lunch at work at least the handle has a hollow area in it.

If you try to slide a thin putty knife under the handle super slow and patient, you MIGHT get the handle off without ripping anything, but if you use a HEAT GUN (they cost 20 USD on Amazon) and take a few minutes to wave it back and forth real close to handle a couple minutes, your putty knife will slide under it with easy for a clean removal.

It is important to fill in the empty space completely. using wood glue will have hte water portion of it evaporate and leave some air and possible wiggle. I use hide glue and re-enforce the glue with toothpicks, paper clips, nails, or whatever filler material I can find around my house.

You put handle back on and use grip tape, you COULD play same day if needed.

You WILL notice so many more positive things about your blade when you are done and use it in a match. Much easier to whip it good.

Link to where I described in in the Beast Mod thread.

Look at post above it to for a pic of my heat gun.

http://www.tabletennisdaily.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?9048-Re-Building-the-BEAST&p=148480&viewfull=1#post148480

Imo it is due to the blade head size : i have noticed that butterfly blades are "smaller" than other like stiga, you can compare the rubber when cut and you can see that the rubbers on stiga blade are more oval on the large side and the rubbers on bty blade are smaller and more circle. I dont know if you see what I mean x)
You can also take off the strip on the edge side.

Play through it even though you don't like it now. In time you will prefer it that way.

If there is a plastic bezel, pry that off first. You may find that opens to the hollow cavity. Could be much easier than lifting the handle off.

I did that to an ebinezer (sp?) 7 ply and filled it with window caulk.

Caulking would be a great alternative to hide glue for a filler, never thought of that.

An advantage would be that it is easy to put in hte caulking, then a little piece of paper to cover the caulking while you flip it upside-down onto the blade throat to glue it back on.

That way there is no mess and you don't have to work so accurate/quick before the beans spill out.